Watch: Digital makeup: The new frontier?

Could this technology replace the need for makeup artists, or even makeup for that matter?

Like something out of a Luc Besson or Stanley Kubrick film, this project by digital artist, designer and producer Nobumichi Asai shows us what will soon be crazy-possible in the future when it comes to makeup and CGI projections.

Referred to as “electronic makeup”, the technology consists of real-time facial mapping and the creative projection of images onto a models face –while in the video, you can see that it’s not quite there yet- this technology, when tinkered down to perfection, could essentially wipe out any need for human makeup artists on photo shoots and in film.

Like any new technology, it wil only be a matter of time before the fashion industry picks this up and does something rad. Pretty crazy but also very, very cool.

Watch: Digital makeup: The new frontier?

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